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Retaliation
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California Employment Law Blog
SB 497 and a New Presumption of Retaliation
SB 497, the Equal Pay and Anti-Retaliation Protection Act, amends Labor Code sections to create a rebuttable presumption of retaliation when employees are disciplined or terminated within 90 days of…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
New California Law Makes It Easier for Employees to Establish Retaliation Claims for Alleged Labor Code Violations
By Adam Rosenthal, Rachel Schuster
On October 8, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill No. 497, the “Equal Pay and Anti-Retaliation Protection Act.” The new law amends California Labor Code sections 98.6,…
Trellis.Law Blog
Case Study on Gender Discrimination and Retaliation: Robert De Niro’s Production Company’s Legal Battle and Verdict
Last week, a jury in New York found Robert De Niro’s production company, Canal Productions liable for gender discrimination and retaliation against De Niro’s former assistant, Graham Chase Robinson. The jury…
California Employment Law Blog
New California Law Expands Employee Retaliation Protections
A new California law makes it easier for employees to establish retaliation claims against their employers by creating a rebuttable presumption of retaliation if an employer takes an adverse action…
The Wannos Law Firm Blog
Are You Sure the Company Does Not Retaliate? 5 Forms of Inadvertent and Subtle Retaliation that Will Get Employers Sued
By Karly Wannos
Are You Sure the Company Does Not Retaliate? 5 Forms of Inadvertent and Subtle Retaliation that Will Get Employers Sued Employer’s cannot retaliate against an employee for engaging in a…
San Francisco Employment Law Firm Blog
Retaliation for Complaining About Working Conditions Is Illegal
By Arkady Itkin
Under California Labor Code section 232.5(c): “No employer may … discharge, formally discipline, or otherwise discriminate against an employee who discloses information about the employer’s working conditions.” It is not…
Employment Law Perspectives
NLRB and OSHA Enter Into Collaboration Agreement To Pursue Violations Implicating Both NLRA and OSH Act
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have agreed to team up to investigate and enforce protections for workers who raise safety concerns and…
Religion Clause
Principal Can Move Ahead with Claim He Was Nonrenewed Because of Speech to Fellowship of Christian Athletes
In Littlefield v. Weld County School District RE-5J, (D CO, Oct. 19, 2023), a Colorado federal district court refused to dismiss a retaliation claim against a school Superintendent brought by a…
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Rejection of Employee’s SOX Claim for Lack of Protected Activity
By Steven J. Pearlman, Andrew Sherwood, Pinchos Goldberg
On September 25, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board’s rejection of an employee’s Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) retaliation claim,…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
California Supreme Court Revives Aetna Retaliation Suit
By Anne Hall
The California Supreme Court has revived a long-standing lawsuit between the California Medical Association (CMA) and Aetna over the insurance company’s alleged retaliation against physicians who referred their patients to…